Take an index and get a real path

[ShylerC]

Team,

Program lays out the files.
I click one; the index changes.

It outputs something like this

QModelIndex(1,0,0x561bc4b7f970,QFileSystemModel(0x561bc46ac870))

Is it possible to convert the above and turn it to ---

/home/User/Desktop/file.txt

Just curious. If I can't I'll keep plugging away.

[SGaist]

Hi,

Do you mean QFileSystemModel::filePath ?

[ShylerC]

I would assume so - however I am such a noob I can't figure out how to take the selection from treeview and pull the fully qualified path. All I can get is the signal from ui->treeView->currentIndex();

[SGaist]

What exactly are you trying to achieve ?

[ShylerC]

Pick a file from treeview- on mainwindow, take the path of file from qtreeview; turn it into a string and perform functions on the file.

Lost on

ui->treeview->//do I use currentIndex() ? Or is there a filepath function specifically for this?

I havent tried to modify with the index output. I figured You had to have the correct path.

[SGaist]

You should use your view's selection model and connect the currentChanged signal to the slot where you want to do the processing you need. In that slot, use the QFileSystemModel::filePath method I suggested earlier.